Solaris Flash Archive

A Solaris Flash archive is a file that contains a software stack. This stack can be deployed to hosts managed by Change Manager. The Solaris version of the archive must match that of the boot image used for deployment. The archive is used as input for an installation, reinstallation, or update action. The managed host or a shared profile specifies the archive to use.

To deploy an archive, a matching Solaris boot image must already exist in the Change Manager repository.

The Solaris Flash archive file name must use the .flar suffix.

In addition to the general file properties, a Solaris Flash archive is associated with the following property:

BootImage

User-supplied string that describes the Solaris boot image associated with this Solaris Flash archive.

To deploy software to a managed host, see the appropriate section:

• How to Perform an Initial Installation (Web Browser)

• How to Reinstall, Update, Fall Back, and Reboot Managed Hosts (Web Browser)

• How to Perform an Initial Installation (Command Line)

• How to Reinstall Managed Hosts (Command Line)

• How to Update Managed Hosts (Command Line)

For a description of the archive keywords, see the flash_archive(4CM) man page.